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35 Articles found on Thursday, 23 March 2006
Thirsty Africa battles to meet its water goals
23-03-2006
MEXICO CITY - Drought, poverty, war, pollution and chaotic urban growth are preventing African governments from supplying clean water to their people, United Nations officials said on Sunday.With the
readFaecal pollution a threat to SA aquifers
23-03-2006
FAECAL pollution from human settlements is a big threat to groundwater reserves in South Africa, says the Department of Water Affairs.Some schemes utilising groundwater had been shut down, and
readOne man making a difference
23-03-2006
STOCKHOLM - A Canadian who heads a water management group in Mexico City won the annual US$150 000 (about N$930 000) Stockholm Water Prize, organisers said yesterday.Asit Biswas was cited for helping
readSasol open to Indonesia coal-to-fuel talks
23-03-2006
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's Sasol, the world's top producer of synthetic fuel from coal, said the big Indonesian miner Bumi Resources was keen to talk to it about using its coal-to-liquids
readZim blames poor tobacco crop on fertiliser shortage
23-03-2006
HARARE - Zimbabwe's tobacco farmers are this year expected to produce just 55 million kilogrammes of tobacco, the lowest output for years, state radio reported on Tuesday."Tobacco output for this
readKenya coffee prices up amid competition
23-03-2006
NAIROBI - Average prices for Kenyan coffee rose sharply at this week's auction as exporters competed to get the mostly better-quality beans on offer, exporters said yesterday.The weekly auction was
readKumba's new SA coal firm to be named Exxaro
23-03-2006
JOHANNESBURG - A coal company due to be spun off from South Africa's iron ore and coal producer Kumba Resources will be named Exxaro Resources Ltd.and is due to be listed around mid-2006, Kumba said
readOpuwo hit by floods
23-03-2006
OPUWO - At least 46 houses at Opuwo's Katutura location were flooded when the Katutura River burst its banks after heavy rainfall this weekend.Two mud-brick houses collapsed, Councillor Lydia Kavetu
readFlood devastated crop production at Hardap scheme
23-03-2006
WINDHOEK - The recent flooding at Mariental caused extensive damage to the infrastructure of the Hardap irrigation scheme and large-scale financial support is needed for repairs and preventing future
readBay residents face penalties
23-03-2006
RESIDENTS who have not developed their erven will have to pay a penalty, the Walvis Bay Municipality warned yesterday.The penalty rate will be in accordance with the Local Authorities Amendment Act
readNamibia to export bananas
23-03-2006
WINDHOEK - Namibia might become an exporter of bananas, as plantations at the Etunda Irrigation Scheme in the Omusati Region look promising.Twelve months after being transplanted, the first bunch of
readPresident urges farmers to take out crop insurance
23-03-2006
WINDHOEK - President Hifikepunye Pohamba has urged the Namibian Agronomic Board to encourage farmers to take out crop insurance.Addressing the Board's first meeting of the year on Friday, Pohamba
readRA taken to task over slippery road
23-03-2006
RUNDU - Mashare Constituency Regional Councillor Bonny Wakudumo has expressed concern over materials used in the construction of the Ncaute gravel road.Wakudumo told Nampa that he visited the area
readPassengers left stranded after driver dumps train
23-03-2006
THE end of his 14-hour shift led to the driver of a TransNamib passenger train leaving his passengers stranded for about two hours last week while they awaited the arrival of his replacement.The
readMillions more set aside for new State House development
23-03-2006
THE construction of the new State House complex will cost the taxpayer well over half a billion dollars by the time it is completed in 2009.The latest development budget for next three financial
readGun riddle kicks off Kandara death probe
23-03-2006
THE main questions at stake at the inquest into the death of the late Lazarus Kandara - whether he had shot himself outside the Windhoek Police station seven months ago, and if so, how he had managed
readMinistry of Works books in shambles
23-03-2006
THE Ministry of Works' control of its finances continues to deteriorate. Its revenue collection is in a shambles and staff take advances on subsistence and travel allowances that remain outstanding
readBudget plays it safe: IPPR
23-03-2006
GOVERNMENT has been cautious about introducing radical changes to its Budget, however needed they may be, the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) says.In its opinion paper on the National
readYoung train stowaways 'becoming a problem'
23-03-2006
POLICE at Usakos are concerned about a new pastime of some young boys - joyriding across the country as stowaways on goods trains.On March 6, Police caught four boys - between the ages of 10 and 14 -
readRoad heavyweights will have to pay up
23-03-2006
OWNERS of heavy vehicles can expect to start digging a bit deeper into their pockets come April 1, when the Road Fund Administration (RFA) starts imposing its new Mass Distance Charges (MDC).The MDC
read'Otatu ka sinda omutondi gwetu'
23-03-2006
E KORAPTO olyo omutondi omunene gwaathigona, aavu nosho wo mboka yaa na iilonga.Na otali ka vudhwa mo.Pethimbo ta popitha oshigwana mEtiyali lyoshiwike shika pethimbo lyokudhimbulukwa oshituthi
readAapangi inaya hala kIipangelo yokomikunda moshilongo
23-03-2006
O MINISTA yUundjolowele nOnkalathano Richard Kamwi okwa ti oshinima shAapangi ya pyokoka inaya hala oku ka longa kIipangelo nokUukilinika wokomikunda, oshi li ohoni onene.Nelalakano okukandulapo
readCoD okwa geela Epangelo
23-03-2006
O NGUNDU yo Congress of Democracts (CoD) oya geela Epangelo sho itali yamukula nawa komapopyo kutya opwa li onkambadhala yokudhipaga aanapolitika yamwe aakuluntu moshilongo pashiyakela.Omuwiliki gwo
readCorrection
23-03-2006
The Namibian Sport yesterday wrongly stated that Civics were knocked out the CAF Champions League after their first-leg match loss to Ivory Coast champions ASEC Mamosas on Sunday.Although Civics lost
readNamibia ready to maul Nepal
23-03-2006
THE Namibian national cricket side will be looking for a clean sweep against the visiting Nepal cricket side in their four-day match starting this morning at Wanderers.The Namibian team has one of
readDamaseb no longer NFA president
23-03-2006
NAMIBIA Football Association (NFA) president Petrus Damaseb stepped down from that position over the weekend, citing pressing work commitments as a Judge President of Namibia.NFA vice president John
readInzikuru wins steeplechase
23-03-2006
MELBOURNE - World champion Dorcus Inzikuru of Uganda won the Commonwealth Games women's 3 000 metres steeplechase yesterday after a last-lap stumble ended Australian Melissa Rollison's brave
readNo FA Cup blues for Reds
23-03-2006
BIRMINGHAM - Liverpool cruised past Premiership strugglers Birmingham City 7-0 to reach the semi-finals of the FA Cup in commanding style at St Andrews here Tuesday.The visitors were 3-0 up at
readEngland thrash India in series
23-03-2006
MUMBAI - England ended a 21-year victory drought in India yesterday when Andrew Flintoff's men thrashed the hosts by 212 runs in the third and final test to enable the tourists to draw the series
readIn Brief
23-03-2006
* WARNED - Zimbabwe's ruling party has accused opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai of advocating war following his call for mass protests and warned of reprisals.The Zimbabwe African National
readViolence surges in southern Sudan, Darfur
23-03-2006
UNITED NATIONS - Violence is surging in Sudan's south as well as its western Darfur region, fuelled by government inaction even after years of global attention, UN envoy Jan Pronk told the Security
readEU blacklists more than 90 airlines
23-03-2006
BRUSSELS - The European Union has banned more than 90 airlines from operating in the 25-nation bloc, targeting mostly African carriers as it seeks to boost air security and reassure travellers that
readSpain in battle to contain influx of migrants
23-03-2006
CRISTIANOS - Humanitarian workers on Spain's Canary Islands are battling to deal with an unprecedented wave of African immigrants, just six months on from a similar crisis in Spain's north African
readZambian civic groups reject proposed electoral law
23-03-2006
LUSAKA - Zambian opposition parties and civic groups yesterday rejected as flawed a new electoral law proposed by President Levy Mwanawasa's government ahead of general elections this year.Parliament
readNew probe into US killing of civilians in Iraq
23-03-2006
BAGHDAD - The US military has ordered an investigation into US forces who killed Iraqi civilians last week, the latest in a series of allegations of abuse and indiscriminate shootings that has mired
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